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JAMES OROURKE, OF GOLMBI'ANA, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 76,511, dated April 7, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN4 HORSE HAY-FORKS.

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TO AL'Ii WHOM I'I MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JAMES OROURKE, of Columbiana, in the county of Columbiana, and State of Ohio, have invented cer-tain new and useful Improvements in Hay-Forks; and I 'do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being hadv to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part-ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan view, showing the fork in position to be charged.'

Figure 2, a plan showing the samein position when loaded; and l Figure' 3, a plan of the shaft reversed.

To enable those skilled in thelart` to` make and use my invention, I will now describe its construction and operation. i

A represents the shaft, furnished at one end with a hole, by means of which the rope is attached to the fork for operating it.A B designates a` sliding'bar, confined at its upper-end to shaft Alby the sliding shea-the, the said sheath being firmly secured to the har B. d represents a second sheath, which is secured to shaft A. By means of the sheaths. e and d, the bar B can beimade to slide onshaft A as far as required to accomplish its ends. -C represents a supplemental bar, pivoted at one end to bar B, and-at the other end to handle g, the said handle being pivoted to shaft A. By inea-ns of handle y the bar B is operated. Zz represents a lever, having its fulcrum in shaft A. The said lever is provided with the `spur t, which is designed to catch in the opening s, and by`its action hold the bar BA in position when required. m represents a metal prong, flat at the upper end, and made sharp -at the lower end for penetrating the hay. On the flat part of du, a shoulder is formed, against which the lower end of bar B is designed to rest.. The prong m is -pivoted toA bar B, so that when said har is raised by moans of handle g, the end of said ber will act on the shoulder of the prong m, and move it around to a horizontal position, or until its shoulder presses against the edge of barB. n represents a metal plate,

pivoted at one end to sha-ft A, and at its centre to prong m. The position of plate n will be governed by the motion ol" prong m, and when moved in a horizontal position, n will be in a linewith it, and thhs presenta lengthened resisting-surface, so as to prevent the hay from falling off.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The handle g, being pressed downwards until the upper end of it lies ilzit on the' shait A, the bar B and supplemental bar C will be in aline, and the prong m and plate n will, as already described, be brought in a linevwith sha-ft A. The shaft will now be allowed to descend upon the hay-cock, which will be penetrated tothe required depth by prong m. The handle g must no'w he raised, und by its action elevate barvB, prong m, and plate n to a horizontal position, and allhay caught by said prong and plate can now be drawn up by means of the cord attached to shaft A. The hay will be discharged by lowering the handle again vto its first position.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Handle g, lever 171., and bar-O, combined and operated as andfor the purpose specified. In testimony that I claim the foregoing :is iny own,y I aliix my signature in presence oi' two witnesses.

JAMES OROURKE.

Witnesses:

Geenen DUNCAN; Trios.' O. ALLE-r; 

